Device for moving barrels



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DEVICE FOR MOVING B'AERBLS.

No. 382,618. Patented May 8,818 88.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

.E. HICKS MOTT, OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK.

DEVICE FOR MOVING BARRELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 382.618, dated May 8, 1888.

Application filed February 28, 1888. Serial No. 265,590, (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, E. HIoKs MO'IT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oneida,- in the county of Madison and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices forUse in Moving Barrels, &c.; and I do declarethe following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figarcs of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the use of my device,and Fig. 2 a similarview of the device itself. Fig. 3 is a detail.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in devices for handling -barrels, kegs, and the like; and it has for its object to provide a simple and cheap hand de- 4 vice for this purpose which may be easily manipulated, requiring but little power, and which may be used at the store-house or carried along with the truck, as desired. The novelty resides in the peculiar combination and the construction,arrangement,and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and then particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, A designates a bar or lever, to one end of which is attached the shoe B, which is preferably of the form shownthat is, of a single bar bent at its center to form the shank or loop a, by means of which and suit.- able holding meansas,forinstance,the screws b-it is held to the lever. The lever near its end is preferably cut away, as shown at a, forming a recess and a shoulder, d, to receive and engage the loop of the shoe and enable it to better withstand end-thrust. The arms of the shoe are bent in the manner shown to form I ledges e, and the ends of the arms are preferably beveled to enable them the better to enter or force their way under the barrel. To the under side of the shoe end of the lever is provided the depending lug or stop 0, which forms afulcrum for the device when raising the barre], and the'portionf thereof serves to prevent the same from slipping while the barrel is being moved therefrom.

Sleeved on the lever is thehook D,designed to engage the top of the barrel, as seen in Fig.

1, and is adjustable on said lever to accommoa hand-truck, and I should in such case consider the same as the equivalent of the lever in the following claims.

In practice the ends or hooks a are inserted under the barrel, the points 1) serving as the first fulcrum on which the barrel is started,

said barrel resting on the ledges e, and the points a serve as a second fulcrum, as will be readily understood.

What I claim as new is- 1. A device for the purpose described, consisting of a lever,a shoe secured to one end thereof, a depending lug, O, on the under side of said lever, and a holding-hook adjustable on the lever, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the lever cutaway,

as at c, forming a'recess, and a shoulder, d, of

the shoe having a loop seated in said recess and engaging said shoulder and the screws engaging said loop and securing it tothe lever, substantially as shown and described.

.In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

.E.'.HICKS MOTT.

Witnesses: I

THEODOREOARTER, JOSEPH H. MUNz. 

